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Blue Eagles Make Appearance In La Grande Today I Ha r "I Only Newspaper , 7: Printed in La Grande .' ;t Covering Union and -1 J Wallowa Counties ';, La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, " "The Switzerland of America" vmm VOLUME 31 EASTEIIX OREGON'S 1.EADINO NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. D. C. NUMBER 281 '.; KIDNAPED RELEASED fflLLIONAHE N. R. A. SIGNS GIVEN OUT AT POSTOFFICE Local Leaders Believe . From 10(V to 150 More Men Will be Put to Work FINE RESPONSE TO ROOSEVELT PLEA Coal Dealers and Automo bile Dealers. of City Reach Agreement at Meetings on Monday. . The Blue Eagle, slfiii of the S. A., made Its debut In iJl (Irande business places tills morning a few minutes utter 8 o'clock, nntl us the day progresses, more and more signs and hungers were posted throughout the business section of the city. Although no accurate check Is available, local"leaders are of the opinion that before the week Is over, from 100 to 160 more men and women will be employed in this city because of N. B. A. pledges, and In addition, some of those already at work will receive pay Increases and be enjoying shorter hours. La Grande was responding promptly (Continued on Page Three) July Warm With Only One Day on Record Below 80 July, frrnv a summer standpoint, ranked as one of the wannest in La Grande history, a check of the offi cial records reveals. The temperature ranged from a low of 7 above to a high of 106, one degree short of the all-time record. There was only one cloudy day dur ing July, and rain fell on but one day. On July 10 the precipitation was .54 of an inch a. heavy rain for summertime in La Grande. There were five partly cloudy days, one cloudy, and 25 clear days. The maximum was 80 or higher every day of the month except July 30, then the high mark was 79 above. August opened with a minimum of 56 above and at 7 a. m. the mercury was 10 degrees higher with mostly clear skies. Total rainfall for the first seven months of 1933 stands at 13.31 inches, representing an excess of 1.69 inches. Normal for July is .37 of an inch. Normal for the first seven months of the year is 11.62 Inches. 100 ABOVE IV NEW YORK NEW YORK , Aug. 1 W) The words "thunder showers In the off ing" were sweet music to easterners today as dentils In a record heat wave reached at least 20. Nine died In the metropolitan area of New York and New Jersey yesterday when the mercury climbed to 100 to smash all records for July. . NOMINATIONS TO BE MADE AT LEGION MEET In addition to discussion of plans for attendance at the American uc glon state convention at Klamath Palls next week, at which time La Grande will bid for th3 1934 con vention, the local post at its meeting tomorrow night will nominate officers for the coming year. Election will be hold at the September meeting. LEE JOHNSON HOME VISITS 24 STATES With a sunburned nose and 60 da,V8 of adventure to show for his summer vacation, Leo Johnson Is back again in La Grande where he expects to remain at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Johnson, until school opens at Imbler where he is a teacher. Mr. Johnson, shortly after the close of school last spring, on May 29, set out for the World s Fair and other points. On July 29 he re turned alter having seen 24 states, the province of Canada, the World's Pair and other historical points In the east and middle west, at a cost of only $125. The traveler, who made the trip by hitch-hiking, covered 10.000 miles, aa far east as Boston. New York, Washington, D. C and Philadelphia, as far south as Virginia and as far north as Ontario. Can., but he only walked 15 miles during the whole WILL ROGERS Piays: BEVERELY HfliLS, Cat., July 31 War Lord Bill Murray hab called us Oklahomans to arma again. Most states use their national guard for parading purposes, but BUI will call his out Just like you ring for Ice water. There Is a river between Oklahoma and Texas. Bill owns half of It and Ma Ferguson owns half. If they want to build a bridge, let em build to the middle and turn around and go back. If they want a dam, let 'cm dam their half and let our half alone. Bo I guess the next time you hear of me I will be standing In water up to my ankles, right In the middle of Red river, with an old squirrel rifle aimed right at that giant octopus, Texas. And If Bill says shoot, I will shoot. We will show 'em they can't monkey with our half of the river. Yours, ( IMLIbllMlM frriteU. to MOUNT EMILY IN LINE WITH N. R. A PLAN Lumber Company on 48- Hour Week; Minimum Wages Raised 30 Pet. Iii Hue with the national recovery program, effective Unlay the Mt. limlly Lumber company went on un H-hour day or 48-hour week employment seule of opertttlon, nwordlnx to-aa (Continued on Page Three) TWO MUST FACE U.S. GRAND JURY Clyde Swalm and C. E. Chastaln. charged with unlawful possession of stolen property, were brought before Judge L. Den hum, United States com missioner, on a complaint filed by Russell Byron, department of Justice agent. They appeared Monday after noon, waived preliminary hearing and were bound over to await the action of the federal grand Jury with bond set at $1000 each. They are charged with th larceny of two read surface breaking machine wheels with rubber tires. The two men were arrested hero (Continued on Pago Two) PLEADS GUILTY IN LARCENY CASE Irvln Smith pleaded guilty ts a charge of larceny . before Judge ii. Denham In the court of the Justice of the peace yesterday afternoon and was fined $35 and costs. In default of payment ho was committed to the county Jail. City police arrested Smith and Chief of Police P. P. Stefien tiled the complaint against him in Justice court. He pleaded guilty to larceny of automobile tire chains and a grind er from Doyle Zimmerman. Smith was fined $25 by Judge Den ham on May 8. 1933 when he was decla.-ed guilty of larceny of a garden hose, officers report. trip. One of the most Interesting parts of the trip was the characters he bumped up against while riding from place to place, he reports. He didn't have any trouble getting rides, he Just started out of town and was always picked up. The longest ride he made in any one c'oy was from Milwaukee, Wis., to Buffalo, N. Y.. although he averaged 250 miles a day. The rides were not with people from his native state either, since he saw only one Oregon license plate east of the Mississippi, "Easterners are certainly hospit able," he said. Hot weather evaded Mr, Johnson during the entire trip with rain pre dominating through the eastern states. The World's Fair exceeded his ex pect a t ions and he spc n t f I ve d a ys visiting the Century of Progress Ex position at Chicago. Aimee Returns if ' 1 Mr3. Aimee Semple - McPherson Hutton, returning from Europe to face a divorce suit filed by her choir singer husband, David Hut ton, is shown on arrival at quar antine off Norfolk, Va., with a worried look. She declared, "I'm still in love with him." CONFERENCE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IS NOW UNDER WAY The Wallowa lake summer confer ence of young- people of the Church of Christ opened Sunday at Wallowa lake and will continue until Aug. 5. Half a hundred delegates from , six Oregon count lee are In attendance at h -conference, .iwlUch ' -lsi--op;lc; Mi young people between the ages of 16 and 25 years. Inclusive. Throughout the 'week a daily pro gram will be followed, which i& given below: First call (rising), 6;30; morning watah. 6:55; setting-up exercises. 7:10; breakfast, 7:20; student coun cil, 7:50; classes, 8:25-12:25; lunch. (Continued on Pago Two) SCHOOL BOARD IN JULY MEET LAST EVENING The school board of La Grande met in monthly session at the offices at Depot and Washington last night. The session was taken, up with rou tlno matters. It Is reported, and the clerk was authorized to pay regular July contract bills. All members of the board were in attendance. AC Al " -"V; CCD L H. S. WORK NOW NEARING COMPLETION Three More Weeks Ex pected to See Recon-. struction Job Finished. ALL' OF EXTERIOR WORK IS FINISHED Contractors Busy on In terior at Present Hope to Have Everything Done By Aug. 20. About three weeks more, nntl the La (i run dt? High school reconstruc tion Job will be flutxhed, This is the word from the archi tect, Charles B. Miller, who Is closely in touch with progress being made by A. Ritchie, contractor, and the other contractors In charge of the work. At present, practically all of the exterior work has been completed. , (Continued on Faff e , Two) 500 Present At I 'Broadcast' Held ! By Eagles Lodge Five hundred spectators enjoyed the weekly Eagles broadcast program last night at the Eagles hall. Brick Anderson announced the numbers which were arranged by Arthur Bre mer and Roy Case. ' i Thft rjronrram included numbers b" "Vernon and "Lowell" 'Sto"ddardi,motitfr harps; Bill Sloper and Eddie Tudor, harp and guitar; Natalia Samuelson and Nadlne Zwelfel, pianos; Buddy and Maellzabeth Cooper, pianos; Gene Gassett and Bert Warden, singing and guitars; Ray Hcndrlckson, harp, Eddie Tuc'or, guitar; Otto McGuire. John Bunten, Breem Bun ten and George Stills, music; Arkansas Hill Billys; Jerry Golbralth and Ralph Looker, harp and guitar. BABY SON IS BORN JULY 29 Mr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Flcshman ore the parents of a son born on July 29 at Los Angeles, according to a telegram received her by his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Fleshman. Mrs. Plash man will be remembered as Miss Frances Day, of Enterprise. Mr Fleshman Is a chemist in the United States Rubber Co., ' in Los Angeles. FINANCIAL ADVICE Nf 'Prettiest Society Girl' "jh l "figure" prominent in Society's Blue Book 1b lovely Miss Ada Mo Jarthy, of Rye, N. Y. She Is shown at the Westchester Country Club 3each Casino at Ryo after being ndjudgod "prettiest Boclety girl" . , .... at a charity function. . ;. . 22 BOYS SIGN UP FOR 2-WEEK CAMP Twenty-two boys have registered for the annual boys camp at Wallowa Lake which will start Aug. 9, Harvey Carter, director, announced this morning. Others have stated their intention of going and expectations are at present that about GO will attend. . Bob Long, hike master, will spend a part of this week In going over the long hike which the older boys will take to nine lakes -In the lake basin area. All boys and parents Interested In the Catherine creek camp for boys which opens next week, are called to meet at the L. E). S. tabernacle base ment tonight at 7:30. Full discus sion of ways and means will be ln- ' (Continued on Pqro Two) -fegfi'gCy' RETAIL CODE IS SIGNED BY Expect Million More Men to be Employed; N. R. A. Interpretations Made. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (P) A million new Jobs, scattered . through retail shops big and small, from end to end of the country, wero held possible today becauso Hugh 8, John son, Industrial administrator, had or dered Into immediate effect hour recVuclng, wage-raising agreements presented by the nation's storekeep ers. Dwarfing even the agreements of fair practice of steel and oil, tho new codes had swept Into the industrial control movement all the organized dealers in foodstuffs, furniture, clothing, shoes, hardware, dry goods, department stores, specialty shops and mall order houses. The door was open to tho thou sands of retailers not members of any association to Join tho subscribing groups or to come In through the Individual voluntary presidential agreement. Million New John Officials estimated! that applica tion of these codes would provide 1,000.000 new Jobs, that the retail lines represented employ 4,000,000 men and women. The food dealers, by Johnson's or der, will have a 49-hour work week, tho rest Just 40. The grocer clerks will have an eight-hour day except the duy Just beforo holidays, and an additional 13 days each six mouths when they may work 10 hours. The scale of minimum wages for fofod dealers Is $16 In cities over 600, 000: $14.80, between 260,00 and 600. 000 $14 between 2600 and 250,000. The non-food) rein iters had a minimum scalo a dollar lower with a further $1 reduction for tho 15 southern states and tho District of Columbia, The same regional reduction applies to food dealers. Besides the wage terms, the two codes called for maintenance of a minimum of 62 hours operation un- (Contlnued on Page Two) Wheat Today CHICAGO, Auk. I W Drastic re vrrnal of grain market behavior took place today, and all the Npeciilutlvc pits were filled with orders to buy Imtend of to sell. Wheat rimed ntroiiff at. the ilay'n top level, 5e. over yeMlerdny's flulfth, corn 4 eenls up, nuts 3 cent advanc ed, and pnitltdoiw fthowlng a uniform gain of fioc, JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME , r(Ul,KK DAM OKI'S, UIG 8URI . , ; SENATOR'S SON SUICIDES FARM LOAN WORK. SPEEDED SIGN WOOL TEXTILE CODE 0 WASHINGTON, Aup. 1 (P) The public works administration allotted nearly $100,000,000 today to curry for ward three of the outstanding public works projects In the United States, tho largest being $08,000,000 for the Grand Coulee dam project for power and irrigation oik the Columbia river, approved ' last week by President Roosevelt, HILLSBOROUGH, Gal., Aug. 1 (ffy Archibald M. Johnson, younger son of United States Senator Hiram ' W. Johnson, of California, . committed suicide by shooting, at his home here early today. Johnson was divorced by his wife June 13. . WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (P) A county-hy-county cnmpulgn, to speed refinancing of form mortgages will be undertaken by the farm credit ad ministration, which wus authorized to loan up to $.2HM0,000 to farmer at the last session of congress. - HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug; 1 (Pi President Roosevelt today signed the wool textile code providing a 40 hour week) for tho workers, in this Industry with minimum wages of $14 weekly In tho north and $13 in. the south. It Is expected to put 27,000 additional employes to work;, : , UNIONTOWN, Pa., Aug. 1 m Six men were shot und wounded In a brush between pickets and deputy sheriffs ut the Star J miction mine of tho ii. c. Prick Coke company today. A score of others suffered, from ef fects of tear gas. KIDNAP THREATS LEAD TO ARREST GRANTS PASS. Aug. 1 W Bloody kidnaping threats that lead. Mrs. Adah Weston, Grants Pass "hop grow er, and officers to make up a dummy package of "money" and place it in a mall box near her home, brought the capture early this morning of a youth accused of perpetrating the at tempted extortion. , Floundering about In the brush, of the upper river road, wliere they had lain In wait more than two hours, the officers seized a figure tliat approach ed the box, solved tho "money" and broke Into a run. subduing it to dis cover their captive was Clarence Bentley, 10 -years-old, of ' the Port Vannoy section. METCALF HERE TO TAKE OVER RELIEF DUTIES Donald Metcalf, experienced relief worker from Marlon county, arrived in La Grande this morning to take over tho relief activities in Union county. Ho will handle the details which have heretofore been handled exclusively by the committee with out remuneration, but will be respon sible to the relief committee of which J. H. Peare is chairman. MRS. GIBSON , HAS OPERATION Mrs. Hurry Gibson, who underwent a goiter ocratlon yesterday morning, Is getting along satisfactorily, it Is reported. She la at the Grande Rondo hospital, ENLIST THREE IN GUARD UNIT Threo more men wero enlisted in tho local national guard company lant night, bringing Company E, 100th Infantry to full strength of 60 men. Thoro wore two recruits, Herbert Miller and Garth Cross, and one rc cnllfitmcut, Roll In Heawuer. ! INQUIRING Kach.dny as the Inquiring Reporter nukes the rounds two persons j will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked some ' j quraUon of the dny. Throuirh the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight I each Inlervlewril will be granted two complimentary tickets to the " a l.lhrrtr Theatre. The current atlnicllon Is Sylvia Sidney In "Jennie I I (lerharill." IHi poll tax has been suggested as a feasible means of rnlslng revenue to balauco that oft-touted deficit In tho state treasury. Mrs. Lnnlta Penrson, of near La Orande, says, "Tho people who pay their taxes would pny the poll tax and those who don't wouldn't pay a poll tax. 1 cVm't believe It would work out and It would contradict C. F. URSCHEL FREED AFTER RANSOM PAID Oklahoman Ref uses to Talk About Ransom But. Friend Admits Paymen ROOSEVELT WILL c TAKE UP PROBLEM Federal Government Ex pected to Give All Help .Possible in Fighting Kidnaping Racket. Hy The Associated Press ' : Chnrles P. Urschel. Oklahoma city oil millionaire kidnaped July S2 by machine gunners, was safe at home today.. Arthur SeeUlgson, spokesmaii for the Urschel family, who announc ed the oil .man's return early today, declined to Buy whether ransom was paid. . t Manny StrewU who effected the r turn of John J. O'Oonnell Jr., kid napea Aiuuny, if. youuv, aas Deen token Into custody for questioning'. He handled the (40,000 ransom, pay ment which the O'Oonnell family gave for young O'OonneU's return; Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, of New York, has asked the state leglslatuM to make it a felony for tha family "tc -. llv (Continued on Page Two) . Sr, POST MEMBERS TO ; DO THEIR STUFF Every age has its play girls. The Floradora girls reigned over the theatre and masculine hearts In tho '90s, Mack Bennett set the mode in 1020, Ztegfeld ruled the curves In 1030. but in 1933 a new type of ro bust beauty has become the ' Ideal of feminine appeal. The perfection of the modern ideal of pulchritude will be personified in the chorus -of lovely ladles who will trip across the newly constructed stage at Zuber hall Saturday evening at the vaude ville and dance sponsored by the L Grande post of the American Leglori. Indications are that the chorus girls, who will be none other - than the post members, will hark back, to the (Continued on, Page Six t m Highway Wages -j Are Increased To 55-65 Basis . . if. : POBTliANQ, Aug. 1 imK mljjl. mum rate of 55 cents an hour for unskilled labor, and 66 cents for skilled help ou all highway projects In Oregon, was established by the state highway commission at a meet ing here Into Monday. The new scale represents a wage Increase of 10 per cent. , ' : i: ' B. H. Bnldock. state highway en gineer, said about 1,000,000 In con tracts will be let during the month of August. (Continued on Page Six) 20 ENROLLED IN SWIM WEEK AT POOL HERE Twenty potential swimmers have enrolled in tho third on tho series of swini weeks conducted -by the Por poise club which opened Monday at tho Crystal Plunge. Ben OeBterllng and Arthur Stcffen ore conducting the clu5es which, are expected to bo enlarged by new pupils today. Life saving Is being given nt 10 o'clock In tho morning and beginning and ad vanced urcsavlng at a o'clock lh tho afternoon. REPORTER I Itself." P. B. Tuckcy, 100 Depot street) takes the opposite view. He says, "If tho poll tax wore levied on oil persons over 21 years of age It would make them more conscious of their duty as voters. It would have a twow fold benefit it would not only help to balance the budget, It alsd would bring people to the polls." A,
